My talk “Frontend Ruby on Rails with Glimmer DSL for Web” went well at RubyConf Austria 2026. Especially given that after the talk, Chad Fowler (the starter of RubyConf and famous book author) told me “good job” and Obie Fernandez (also a famous book author and entrepreneur) told me he will try Glimmer because he doesn’t like React.js. In fact, I ran a poll at the beginning of my talk, and everyone agreed that they love Ruby and that Ruby is superior to JavaScript, plus the majority indicated that they’d like to write less JavaScript and more Ruby during their Rails web development work. Several attendees told me my talk was great after the talk. Charles Nutter had me help him with his JRuby workshop afterwards by showcasing my other Glimmer project, Glimmer DSL for SWT, which runs on JRuby. In about 1 minute, I scaffolded a Hello World desktop app from scratch and then packaged it as a native executable on the Mac. Attendees were impressed. So, I’ve participated in presenting 2 events at this conference. It was a great experience overall! We’re networking at a Karaoke bar right now. Talk Slides short link: bit.ly/glimmer-rubyconf-at-2… Talk Slides long direct link: docs.google.com/presentation… #rubyconf #austria #rubyconfat #rubyconfaustria #ruby #rails #glimmer #dsl #web #opal #frontenddevelopment #webdevelopment #frontend #dev

your 2026 Ruby conference schedule 🗓️ 🌿 may @rubyconfaustria (may 29-31, vienna) 🌊 june - matsue rubykaigi 12 (june 6, japan) - @blastoffrails (june 11-12, new mexico) - @brightonruby (june 25, uk) ☀️ july - ruby retreat @rubyaustralia (july 3-6, sydney harbour ntl park, water front) - @rubyconf (july 14-16, las vegas) - kansai rubykaigi (july 18, japan) 🔥 august - rubyconf africa @ruby_african (aug 21-22, kenya) - @RubyforGood (aug 27-30, washington DC) 🏕️ september - @railscamp_usa (sept 7-11, oregon coast) - euruko (sept 16-18, czechia) - @railsworld (sept 23-24, austin) 🍂 october - tiny ruby #{conf} @HelsinkiRuby (oct 1, finland) - deccan queen on rails @hideccanqueen (oct 8-9, india) - @kaigionrails (oct 16-17, tokyo online) ❄️ november - helvetic ruby conf, (nov 19-20, switzerland)

Coffee with the best view of Vienna. If you join next year's @RubyConfAT I can take you here on Sunday (the day after) :) #ruby #rubyconfaustria

Small detail from today's visit to the venue of next year's @RubyConfAT . It's destiny 🙌 #Ruby #RubyConfAustria